Vending-machine.



. A. s. KILLINGER. i VENDING MACHINE.

. APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 26, 1907.

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VE NDING-vMACI-IINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenfdauly 27, 1909.

Applcationled October 26, 1907. Serial No. 399,281.

To @ZZ whom tt may concern:

B e it known that 1, ALVIN SfKILLINGER, a citizen of the United StatesofAmerica, residing at Thomas, in the county of Custer, Oklahoma, haveinvented, new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to vending machines, the` object of the inventionbeing to provide a simple, cheaply constructed and reliable machine forvending articles of merchandise, such as cigars, tobacco and packages ofmerchandise in general.

The machine embodies a magazine and den livering mechanism incombination there with to insure delivery of one article or package at atime, and a coin controlled ele-y ment associated with suitable trippingmeans whereby the delivery mechanism may be put in operative conditionupon depositing in the machine a coin of the proper denomination.

Vith the above and otherl objects in view, the nature of which will morereadily appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists inthe improved construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, y illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of avendingmachine embodying the present invention, illustrating the partsthereof in their normal or inoperative positions. n Fig. 2 is a similarview of the lower portion of the machine showing the position the partsassume after a coin has been deposited in the machineV and the operatinglever depressed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken at right angles toFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the coin-operated leverand the coin pocket carried thereby. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective viewof the operating lever and its attachments. Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of the trip and link.

The machine comprises a simple case or cabinet, the upper portion ofwhich is designed to contain the magazine of the apparatus, whilel thelower and larger portion of the case is designed for the reception ofthe operative parts of the mechanism hereinafter fully described. Saidcase comprises a back 1 and glass panel front12 for the magazine sectionof the case and a top cover 3 which is preferably hinged as shown at 4so that it may be raised and swung back to allow the magazine to beapplied, any* suitable lock being employed to fasten the lid or cover 3vin place. The case also comprises a bottom 5 to which are secured therear supporting legs 6 which may be of any suitable length and which arepreferably constructed out of sheet metal, as indicated in the drawings.A portion of the bottom of the case is formed by the inclined bottom 7of a gravity chute Sjthe top of which is defined by a drawer 9 formingthe coin receptacleinto which the coins fall after they have performedtheir work, the drawer 9 being Vshown as provided with a suitable handleor knob 10 and in practice said drawer will be held closed by meansof asuitable lock not shown.

The magazine embodies and contains oppositely arranged flanged'guides 11and 12, each of'said guides being three sided or in other words,containing an outer side and parallel inwardly extending flanges 13arranged at a suitable distance apart to embrace the opposite endsvofarticles as merchandise indicated at 14. The articles referred'to areshownV in the form of cigars and while vvarious articles' may be sold inthe machine herein described for the sake of convenience they machinewill be described with special reference to the handling of cigars.

The guides 11 and 12 are open at their lower ends where they are securedto the opposite side walls 15 of the case by flanged extensions 16, thelatter being fastened permanently within the case in. the mannerillustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. Beneath the open discharge ends of theguides or in other words, beneath the discharge end of the magazine, arearrangedone or more rests 17, two of such rests being preferablyemployed as indicated in Fig. 3 and each consisting of a slotted plate18 vertically adjustable on a binding screw 19 and having a forwardlyprojecting upper portion which underlies the open discharge end of themagazine and is arranged at a suitable distance therefrom to receive oneof the cigars or other articles and hold the same just clear of themagazine in position to be acted upon by the separator of the machine.Therests 17 are made'adjustable'in height so as to adapt the machine asa whole to articles of different sizes.

The delii'fery mechanism comprises an operating lever 20 which worksthrough a slot 21 in the curved front 22 of the casing,

3U` when the separator ,27 moves forward to what'A @meer frentispreferably Composed l has fast thereon a lever arm 25 the outerV endfofwhichlis bent to form` a* trip Yrest 'or stop 26 preferably curved `inthe are. ofv` ai circle of whichthe-rock shaft is the center. The rockshaft 23 is also provided withalr other lever arm-27 which constituteswhatI call the separator or in other words, the ele-, ment whichseparates the lowermost article 14 from those lying above it, bypushing-said article off of the rests 17. Normally-the separator 27extends upward andliesbehind the lowermost article 14 and is ofsufficientlength only to affect thesaid u single article.' Furthermore",the separator 27 is preferably three sided or U-shaped, or inotherrwords, it comprises a pair ofv arms 27 which at the top` are bentback to form cut od portions 28 the same being connected at theiry rearends by a cross bar y29, the parts 27,28 and 29 being Vpreferably formedintegrally with' the rockshaft23 as shown in Fig. 3.v Thecutoffuportions 28'of vthe separator are preferably described-on the arcof a circle of which the shaft 23 is the` center, and therefore' pushan' article offA therests 17, the c ut- 0El 28 nieves beneath theVoverlying articles and upholds` the same until the separator Vreturnsfrom the position illustrated in Fig. 2 to the position illustratedinFig. 1, whereupon lanother article'is allowed to fall infront of theseparator downward upon the rest 17. The operating lever 20 andthe arms25'and 27 are restored to their normal positions in-l dicated in Fig. 1by a return spring` 30 which is shownas engaging the lever 20.

At the'front of the machine is a coin slot 31? adapted to permit a-coinof the properdenomination to be inserted into a runway 32 extendingdownward into the front portion of the casing, the said coin beingadapted to impart movement` to a coin-operated lever 33 which isfulcrumed intermediate its ends atthe'point 34 onA a partition wallv 35.AtE one end-the lever 33 is provided with a-coin pocket 3G of a sizecommensurate with the cointojbe used and said pocket is provided Ain itslower side with a slot 37 to permit asmaller coin to pass on through thebottom of thepocket' without affecting the lever 33. At its inner endthe lever has pivotallyconnectedthereto alink 3S, the opposite end of?which is pivotallyconnected' to a trip 39; I

This Atrip is pivotally mounted at one end 40 within the casing and isprovided at its opposite `end with a laterally bent portion or tripfinger 41 which when` the parts are in their initialor normal positionslies inl front of the lever arm-25 as shownin-Fig. 1, andprevents theoper-ating lever from'being.

'depressa' raf other words, uit trip 39 forms a lock for the lever bystanding in the way of-thearm25: The weight of the trip 39 and link 38is also used to balance the 'lever3'3 and in addition thereto anadjustable weight 42 is mounted on said lever and adaptedte'be shiftedlengthwisethereof so astofbalaneef theV` lever in a manner which willprevent a coin of lighter weight from rocking said levery when depositedin the coin pocket carried by said lever.A Thel operating lever 20also-carries anV arcuate coin guard 43 which normally occupies therelation to the' coin pocket shown in Fig; 1. The outer end of thecoin-pocket is open so that normal position as indicated in Fig. 1, theobject being to prevent'th'e escape offthe coin ,from the pocket beforethe operating lever 20 is depressed for the purposeY setI forth.`

By reference toFig. 1, it willbe seen-that when a coin is depositedinthe machine, it fallsl into the pocket 36 and if it is the propercoin`,it carries said pocket downward igure,2the coin being preventedfrom' rollingout of the pocket by the guard 43 carried by the operatinglever. In this downward movement of the coin pocket the lever 33 isdocked, therebyraising the trip 39 out of .the path of the trip 25. Thisunlocks or frees the operatinglever and the separator 27 whereupon theoperator depresses the op- `erating lever' 2O which rocks the separatorarm forwardand moves the lowermost cigarV or other article eff the rest17 whereupon Esaidy article' falls by gravity into the chute i23 andpasses to thev outeror lower end thereof, where the' front edge ofthechute ,is upturned in the form of a gutter as shown` jat 44, andprovided with a finger notch 45 `to facilitate the removal of thearticle therefrom.

It will be noted that the coin guard 43 is oEset at a'l distancefrom-the lever 2O by means of a' laterally projecting armA 4G in orderto bring said guard in front ofl the openend-of thecoin' pocket 36; alsothat the coin operating lever 33 is offset intermediate its ends asshown at 47 in order to bring the coin pocket 37 under the runway 33 andposition the inner end of' said lever to receive the linlr38 whichextends to the trip 39.

Having thus'fully described' the invention, what is claimed as new is Invending apparatus, a magazine, a rest for supporting a' stack ofarticlesof merchandise sol that' the bottom article will be an oscillatorybail-sh'aped'separator and cutoffmovable across the disehargeend of thel.to the dotted line positionshown in the same magazine and composed ofa metal strip forming an integral continuation of said round 1n crosssection and bent to comprise supports, and an operating lever arm formashaft and parallel ejeoting arms' for the ing an angular extension ofone end of thev articles spaced at a distance apart less than shaft ofthe separator and cut-01T. the length of the articles and having theirIn testimony whereof I afIiX my signature outer ends bent back to formcurved supin presence of tWo Witnesses.

ports that underlie the opposite ends of the ALVIN S. KILLINGER.articles, the extremities of said supports be- IVitnesses: ing connectedtogether for simultaneous RALPH B. DAVIS,

1o movement by a combined brace and cross bar VSAM CLOUGH.

